Displacer Kitten + Invasion of Arcavios // Invocation of the Founders + Dark Ritual

3-card combo · UB

Verdict

Yes — this 3-card loop generates infinite black mana and infinite storm count in any Dimir shell that already wants Dark Ritual.

Cards required

Cheapest stack total

$0.00

Color identity

Popularity

76 decks

Format

Commander

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Displacer Kitten blinks Invasion of Arcavios every time an instant or sorcery resolves; the Battle's enter-the-battlefield trigger fetches the next piece — Dark Ritual on one pass, the second black instant or sorcery on the next. Dark Ritual pays for itself and then some, so each loop nets mana and resets the chain. Any Dimir storm or magecraft commander, Kess, Dissident Mage or Niv-Mizzet, Parun slotted into blue-black, wants this line.

How it works

Prerequisites

Instant or Sorcery that costs or less

Steps

Cast Dark Ritual by paying .
Displacer Kitten triggers, blinking Invasion of Arcavios.
When Invasion of Arcavios enters the battlefield, it triggers, searching your library or graveyard for the additional instant or sorcery and putting it into your hand.
Resolve Dark Ritual, adding .
Cast the additional instant or sorcery by paying at most .
Displacer Kitten triggers, blinking Invasion of Arcavios.
When Invasion of Arcavios enters the battlefield, it triggers, returning Dark Ritual from your graveyard to your hand.
Resolve the additional instant or sorcery.
Repeat.

Result

Infinite storm count; Infinite magecraft triggers; Infinite black mana; Infinite casts of a specific spell

Cheaper, tighter, alternate lines

The second instant or sorcery slot is the flex piece — Cabal Ritual replaces it if the graveyard is stocked and the storm count needs to climb faster. Tendrils of Agony or Grapeshot closes the loop once storm is infinite; without a dedicated storm payoff already in the deck, the engine stalls as a mana sink.

Displacer Kitten + Invasion of Arcavios // Invocation of the Founders + Dark Ritual

How it works

Cheaper, tighter, alternate lines

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